Basic Digital Literacy Facilitator, Community Engagement Officer, Cyber Security, Community Development, SDGs Advocate, Voiceover, Volunteering.
#Day60/100Days Challenge. Importance of Encryption. The following are a few reasons why data encryption is important. 1. Privacy: Encryption ensures that no one can read communications or data at rest except the intended recipient or the rightful data owner. This prevents attackers, ad networks, Internet service providers, and in some cases governments from intercepting and reading sensitive data, protecting user privacy. 2. Security: Encryption helps prevent data breaches, whether the data is in transit or at rest. If a corporate device is lost or stolen and its hard drive is properly encrypted, the data on that device will still be secure. Similarly, encrypted communications enable the communicating parties to exchange sensitive data without leaking the data. 3. Data integrity: Encryption also helps prevent malicious behavior such as on-path attacks. When data is transmitted across the Internet, encryption ensures that what the recipient receives has not been viewed or tampered with on the way. 4. Regulations: For all these reasons, many industry and government regulations require companies that handle user data to keep that data encrypted. Examples of regulatory and compliance standards that require encryption include HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and the GDPR. #Learning #Cybersecurity Webfala Digital Skills for all Initiative Shadrack Omileke Toluwani Babatunde
